Out of Africa – 1985 – English – Drama – Romance
Out of Africa – 1985 – English
Romantic film directed in 1985 by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Stephen Kinyanjui, Joseph Thiaka, Leslie Phillips, Graham Crowden, Shane Rimmer, Donal McCann, Tristram Jellinek, Keith Pearson, Allaudin Qureshi, Benny Young, Niven Boyd, Iman…
Synopsis: Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.
Review: This moving masterpiece is a beautiful hymn to Africa, nature and the art of telling a story touching the most basic springs of human feelings. Some accuse her of being “soft.” Soft? Vayan counting: adultery, illness, death, loneliness, marginalization, ruin, heartbreak …
Magically in the end there is only the charm of a memorable trip marked by two flights in a plane (in the first there were two, in the second only one). And there remains the memory of the best portrait of the dilemma between independence and commitment that has ever been seen on a movie screen. The script – based on a magnificent novel – the photography, the music, the performances – huge Streep, Redford and Brandauer – everything in “Out of Africa” has one adjective: memorable.